Ice fishermen should also be aware that the shipping season is not quite over yet on the Saginaw River. Bay City’s shipping season runs from April 1 to Dec. 31 each year.

BAY COUNTY, MI - Coast Guard Station Saginaw River responded to three separate search-and-rescue incidents Sunday, March 6, on the Saginaw Bay ice, rescuing three stranded fishermen and ...

Emergency responders received an initial report of two people stranded on the ice flow around 12:40 p.m. Jan 22. Coast Guard rescuers from the Saginaw River station and Air Station Detroit ...

The Coast Guard report said its Station Saginaw River's ice rescue team was able to reach both persons and return them to safely to shore, despite worsening weather conditions at the time.